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![]() If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the Creative Commons CC0 License; all unstructured text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. ![]() The moment one forgets God due to some other distraction, the Ananda attained disappears. All emails will be sent by Exotic India using the email address infoexoticindia.com. This fact one can come to know when he reads the works of this Great Master. The stutis and stotras he had written are the examples of his unflinching devotion to the Supreme Reality. He has just passed on his experiences, during the great moments of Oneness with the Infinite Lord, in the form of beautiful poetry. The experience this Compassionate Master had at the hillock of Srisailam at the alter of Lord Mallikarjuna comes down cascading in the form of this beautiful work Sivanandalanhari. Just as Mother Ganga comes down from the great heights of the Himalayas changing her course, colour and contents on and off according to the different landscapes she passes, this Gnana Ganga, the poetry of Bhagawan Sankara, starts from the union of Lord Siva and Mother Umadevi. On its way it teaches man about his foolish mind, which goes about the corridors of this sensual world attracted by the dazzling evanescent fruits like a monkey or an elephant in rut. It repeatedly implores the reader to control his mind and surrender at the lotus feet of Lords Grace for everything, even controlling ones own mind. All of us have this ray of love called Hridaya Rekha in our hearts. Just as one tunes his receiving sets at the correct wavelength to get the music relayed from the radio station, the bhakta has to send his Hridaya Rekha towards his Bhagawan. It is up to the bhakta to contact that wavelength of Divine love and hear the eternal music of the Lord. But Sri Adi Sankara warns that for this also the Lords grace is required. Let us keep our hearts open and empty-to-catch at least a few drops of this water of Grace. This work was initiated, helped and encouraged by my guru Prof. C. G. Vasudevan, disciple of Parampoojya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanandaji. Subramaniam of S. Viswanathan (Printers Publishers), and Sri Ravi and Sri Mahesh, staff of Beta Photo Comps, for patiently going through this work and printing it so clearly. I also thank Sri Mahadevan, the artist for the beautiful cover picture. The commentary on Sivanandalahari in English by Swami Tapasyananda and also my guru Prof. C. G. Vasudevan. ![]() For enjoying this the subject has to send forth his Chaintanya Sakthi or Consciousness, make it alight on the object so that he will be aware of the object. As soon as he withdraws his Sakthi the happiness also ceases to exist. So it is momentary and one has to waste a lot of his energy for it and also the awareness has to be applied fully. For enjoying this also the Bhakta has to connect himself to the Deva. Here the Bhakta, Bhagawan and Bhakti are separate from each other. This happiness even though of a superior variety is present only as long as the three are connected.
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